“It’s been really hot. That’s all I can say — hot, hot,” another added.

Elevators were out, air conditioners were off, and people were just desperately trying to stay cool and get on with their days.

“I’m out here because I have no air conditioning,” a woman said.

Some were avoiding home altogether.

“My husband didn’t come home last night. He had to stay at my son’s, because it was pitch black in the hallways and it was impossible to walk up nine floors in the pitch black darkness,” resident Ruth Kinory said.

The outage also made it impossible for some businesses to make money. Restaurants workers said they lost all their food and their customers.

The refrigerator was out at Café 71, where one worker said, “A lot of stuff has to go in the garbage.”

“They keep saying two hours. Two hours turned into six hours,” a nearby worker added. “It’s been long enough. They should do something about it, so we can survive too.”

A Con Ed spokesperson originally said power would be fully restored by 11 a.m. Friday, but the last customers were finally restored Friday evening.

“We just have to wait to see what happens. What else can we do?” said Fernando, who works at Gigi Café on Broadway.

Several streets were blocked off as crews went into the manholes and dug underground. Check traffic here.

“They should give everyone in the neighborhood a reduction for suffering through this,” Kinory said. “A big discount.”